Example sentences for: fountain

How can you use “fountain” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It is evident not only in the splendor of the frescoes and monumental fountains but also in the dazzling design of a scarlet Lamborghini, a coffee pot, or a fountain pen.

  • Nicola Pisano’s intricately carved and recently restored 13th-century Fontana Maggiore (Great Fountain) has long been everyone’s favorite point of rendezvous, in the shadow of the 14th-century cathedral.

  • A gingerbread gatehouse guards the entrance on the carrer d’Olot; a tiled lizard fountain gurgles water from its jaw; supporting columns mimic tree trunks.

  • In the center, Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers (Fontana dei Fiumi) celebrates the great rivers of the four continents: the Americas (Río de la Plata), Europe (Danube), Asia (Ganges), and Africa (Nile).

  • In fact, the fountain was completed several years before Borromini’s splendid — and structurally impeccable — façade and dome.


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